The Zobha Grace of Giving Scholarship is an annual grant awarded to qualified candidates for study in an approved yoga teacher training program. The scholarship is awarded based on a demonstrated financial need and/or a desire to leverage your yoga teacher training to serve a community in need.

Zobha Founder and CEO, Jamie Hanna, was profoundly influenced by her own teacher training, and continues to be inspired by the many talented individuals who choose to make teaching yoga a career. The Grace of Giving Scholarship is a part of our broader effort to give back to the yoga community and make yoga accessible to all.

In 2011, Zobha awarded two scholarships to the Pure Yoga Teacher Training program at Equinox. Thank you to everyone who applied for the scholarship.

To follow our recipients on their teacher training journey, read posts on the Zobha blog. To stay informed about other scholarship opportunities, sign up for Zobha email or like us on Facebook.

Grace of Giving Scholarship Recipients
Zobha continues to partner with prestigious yoga teacher training programs to provide need-based grants to teacher training applicants nation-wide. Recipients were selected based on their proven commitment to serve their communities and a dedication to deepening their own yoga practice.

	Fall 2011 Sylvia Baedorf Kassis, Boston, MA Pure Yoga Teacher Training at Equinox in Boston, MA "When I learned I had received the scholarship, I could hardly believe it - could this really be happening to me?! I am so unbelievably grateful to Zobha for granting me the privilege to embark on this journey. I feel like I have been given such a special, life-altering gift. I am so very honored and humbled by this opportunity to grow my personal practice while amassing the skills to be able to share the power of yoga with others. I simply can’t thank the generous folks at Zobha enough!"
	Spring 2011 Emily Tsay, Los Angeles, CA Pure Yoga Teacher Training at Equinox in Los Angeles, CA View Emily's Video Essay
	Fall 2010 Rima Thierry, Los Angeles, CA Pure Yoga Teacher Training at Equinox in Los Angeles, CA "I am planning on incorporating my yoga training in my volunteer/ not-for-profit work and using my teacher training to bring yoga to people that may not otherwise have access to it, or may not seek it out themselves. I am especially interested in providing sick children and their caregivers the tools to overcome their challenges through the mindfulness and wellness practices grounded in yoga." View Rima's Video Essay
	Spring 2010 Misa Nuccio, San Francisco, CA YogaWorks in Walnut Creek, CA "I am constantly humbled by the art of yoga, and its tendency to transform our perspectives, and allow us to understand to what extent our minds tend to limit us."